Activities of Dennis de JONG related to 2018/2190(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for the financial year 2017 PDF (184 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (P8_TA(2019)0023);
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges the Authority’s existing measures and ongoing efforts to secure transparency, prevention and management of conflicts of interest, and; welcomes the recent Authority's decision on implementing rules laying down guidelines on whistle-blower's´ protection and confidentiality of their identity; welcomes the Authority’s updated policy on independence, which was adopted in 2017 after stakeholder and public consultation and which aims to build on from the policy it replaces in order to ensure that the Authority may reach a correct balance between attracting the relevant expertise from the scientific community but at the same time guarding its activities against any undue influence; welcomes also the new definition of what constitutes a conflict of interest which was adopted in the new Authority's policy on independence; welcomes further the publication on the Authority's website of the declarations of interest by the members of the Management Board; regrets that the publication of their CVs is still missing; notes with appreciation that the Authority implemented rules on competing interest management as of July 2018 replacing the rules on the declarations of interest of 2014;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recalls recommendations of the European Parliament in its resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, and in particular its call on the Authority: to improve its risk communication in order to inform the public in an appropriate, understandable and easily accessible way; to regularly update its guidance documents in line with the most recent developments in all relevant fields, with a view to assessing the short- and long-term effects of residue levels of active substances, formulations and mixtures in surface waters, soil, wind and dust; to increase the user-friendliness of the information provided on its website and to facilitate data mining; to publish its opinions in peer-reviewed journals in order to intensify constructive discussion and incentivise and encourage more national experts and other scientists to participate in its work;